[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 52028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21117]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


Census Scientific Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a 
meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (C-SAC). The 
Committee will address policy, research, and technical issues relating 
to a full range of Census Bureau programs and activities, including 
communications, decennial, demographic, economic, field operations, 
geographic, information technology, and statistics. The C-SAC will meet 
in a plenary session on September 17-18, 2015. Last minute changes to 
the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public 
notice of schedule adjustments. Please visit the Census Advisory 
Committees Web site for the most current meeting agenda at: http://www.census.gov/cac/. The meeting will be available via webcast at: 
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/census-live.html or at http://www.ustream.tv/embed/6504322?wmode=direct.

DATES: September 17-18, 2015. On September 17, the meeting will begin 
at approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 4:15 p.m. On 
September 18, the meeting will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and end 
at approximately 12:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Census Bureau 
Auditorium, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Collier, Assistant Division Chief 
for Stakeholders, Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, 
[email protected], Department of Commerce, U.S. Census 
Bureau, Room 8H185, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, 
telephone 301-763-6590. For TTY callers, please use the Federal Relay 
Service 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the C-SAC are appointed by the 
Director, U.S. Census Bureau. The Committee provides scientific and 
technical expertise, as appropriate, to address Census Bureau program 
needs and objectives. The Committee has been established in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (title 5, United States Code, 
Appendix 2, section 10).
    All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set 
aside at the meeting for public comment on September 18. However, 
individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in 
writing to: [email protected] (subject line 
``September 2015 C-SAC Meeting Public Comment''), or by letter 
submission to the Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, 
U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H185, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 
20233.
    If you plan to attend the meeting, please register by Tuesday, 
September 15, 2015. You may access the online registration from the 
following link: https://www.regonline.com/csacseptember2015. Seating is 
available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should also be directed to the Committee Liaison Officer as soon as 
known, and preferably two weeks prior to the meeting.
    Due to increased security and for access to the meeting, please 
call 301-763-9906 upon arrival at the Census Bureau on the day of the 
meeting. A photo ID must be presented in order to receive your 
visitor's badge. Visitors are not allowed beyond the first floor.
    Topics to be discussed include the following items:
 2020 Census Update
    [cir] Census Tests
    [cir] Reorganized Census with Integrated Technology (ROCkIT)
    [cir] Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing Systems 
(CEDCaP)
 BIG Data
 Census Surveys
    [cir] Demographic Survey Overview
    [cir] 2017 Economic Census
 Working Groups Reports
    [cir] BIG Data
    [cir] ACS Group Quarters
 Software Development Kit for Building Open Data Apps

    Dated: August 20, 2015.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2015-21117 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
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